Idiocy in United States
Idiocy Definition
In medical jurisprudence. A form of insanity, resulting either from congenital defect, or some obstacle to the development of the faculties in infancy. It is an imbecility or sterility of mind, and not a perversion of the understanding. Chit. Med. Jur. 327, note (s) 345; 1 Russ. Crimes, 6; Bac. Abr. “Idiot” (A) ; Brooke, Abr.; Co. Litt. 246, 247; 3 Mod. 44; 1 Vern. 16; 4 Coke, 126; 1 Bl. Comm. 302.
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In medical jurisprudence. A form of insanity, resulting either from congenital defect, or some obstacle to the development of the faculties in infancy. It is an imbecility or sterility of mind, and not a perversion of the understanding. Chit. Med. Jur. 327, note (s) 345; 1 Russ. Crimes, 6; Bac. Abr. “Idiot” (A) ; Brooke, Abr.; Co. Litt. 246, 247; 3 Mod. 44; 1 Vern. 16; 4 Coke, 126; 1 Bl. Comm. 302.
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